推 tuī
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 隹 short-tailed bird
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
推选
tuīxuǎn
to elect; to recommend by vote
Characters in this word
选 xuǎn
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 先 first, former, previous
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 村民通过无记名投票推选出了新的理事会成员。 Cūnmín tōngguò wújìmíng tóupiào tuīxuǎn chū le xīn de lǐshìhuì chéngyuán. The villagers elected new council members through a secret ballot.
- 同学们一致推选他担任班里的体育委员。 Tóngxuémen yīzhì tuīxuǎn tā dānrèn bān lǐ de tǐyù wěiyuán. The classmates unanimously elected him as the class sports officer.
- 明天开会推选下一届的会长，请大家准时参加。 Míngtiān kāihuì tuīxuǎn xià yī jiè de huìzhǎng, qǐng dàjiā zhǔnshí cānjiā. Tomorrow we will hold a meeting to elect the next chairman; please arrive on time.
Related words
- 推 tuī to push
- 推动 tuīdòng to push forward; to promote
- 推广 tuīguǎng to promote; to spread
- 推进 tuījìn to advance; to push forward
- 推开 tuīkāi to push open; to push away
- 推迟 tuīchí to postpone
- 推销 tuīxiāo to promote and sell
- 推行 tuīxíng to carry out; to put into practice
- 推测 tuīcè to speculate, to guess
- 推崇 tuīchóng to esteem highly; to advocate
- 推辞 tuīcí to decline; to refuse politely
- 推断 tuīduàn to infer; to deduce